Apparatus for mixing and distributing concrete, &amp;c.



J. P. GARRETTY. APPARATUS FOR MIXING AND DISTRIBUTING CONCRETE, m.

APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 29, 1905.

1,9753%. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1905.

1,075,350. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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I J. I. GARRETTY. APPARATUS FOR MIXING AND DISTRIBUTING CONCRETE, 6:0.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1905. 1 7535 Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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APPARATUS FOR MIXING AND DISTRIBUTING CONCRETE, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1905.

1,075,350. Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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APPARATUS ron MIXING AND mere-momma eoiwcttmrrr'ae.

. Specification of Letters 'Patent.

"Patented'flct; 14fj1913.

. App1ication filed- May 29, 1905. I Seri'alNe. 262,912.

To all whom, it may concern Be itknown that I JOHN F. GARRE'rrY, citizen of the United tates, residing at Se- --attle, in the countyof King and State of Washington, have invented-certain 'new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Mix- 7 ing and Distributing Concrete, &c., ofwhich 1 the following is a r specification.

My-inventioarelates to improvements in :apparatusfor'mixing and depositing concrete, etc; andthe primaryobject thereof is 'to provide an improved apparatus which will take concrete materials-as they come from *the. gravel beds in "original vehicles,

convey them, mix them anddepositthem as concrete in place without any personal handling of the materials'whatsoever. H

-At-present the custom'pursued-in street paving is tobring the requisite materials to the job some time inadvance of theirbeing used, and they are deposited along the work ='0r at stationsalong the work, and generally upon the ground, and then they are afterward transferred to the paving mechanism by manual: labor. Much of the material cannot 'be recoveredfrom the ground where it wasdeposited and hence is wasted, while there is'frequently a surplus of material to be rehan-dled and redeposited. If planking 'be laid down: to diminish this waste, there is the cost of building and removing these plan-lied stations These piles of material accumulated upon the-thoroughfa-res in advance are an "inconvenience to the public and the contractor -must'incur the expense of frequently trimming=them, putting laning bunkers with a capacity of several -wagon loads, considerable variation-1n the schedule is permissible without interrupting the continuance of the work of the machines.

-Thereis no waste ot=material;-'n0 manual labor is required to feedthe-mixer or-'ofl bearthe concrete to its place of deposit; and the mixer works continuously and-steadily at its full capacity.

- With the-above and other-objects in view,

- as setforth in'the following description, the

invention consists of the parts, arrangement and combination oi -parts,-- hereinafter de scribed and -succinctly-defined -in-= the :ap-

'pended olaims.

\ -In' the accompanying-drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate likeparts throughout'the several views: Figure 1 is a view in -side' elevation, diagrammatically illustrating the present invention. 4 Fig. 2 -is a topplan-viewjthereof. Fig'. 3: is asectiontakenon-line- 3-3 of Fig; 1. Fig. 4 is a sectiomtaken 'oirline H of Fig=.- 2. Fig.- 5--is= a longitudinal sectional; view through the "vehicle provided with the mixi'ng mechanism. P Fig. 6 is a" section taken on-"line 6'6 of'F .ig. 5. Fig. 7 is a-detail fragmentary view, illustrating more clearly the means for securing the conveyers tothe vehicle "containing the mixing mechanism. Fig. 8- is a-detail view in perspective of one ofthe rotary measurers. Fig. 9 is a detail fragmentary" view showing more particularlysh aft 51 and the-parts directly assooiated therewith. "Fig. 10 is a-deta1l view -in perspective of one otthe doors arranged in the bottom .of -the gravel bunker. )4 Figs. ll and 12--are'=detai-l fragmentary views of 'the clutches arranged' onthe I motor shaft. Fig: 13-19 a top? plan view -on--reduced scale showing a n-umber ofsupply-cars arranged along side 'of the-seational conveyers which -oonvey-thematerial to thecar 'or vehicle containing the-mixing mechanism. Fig. 14

is a detail fragmentary view'showing the three-way-gates'intowhich'theelevators discharge 'and E-igJ'15 is a'section' taken on line 15-15-of Fig. 14.

The invention contemplates the provision of a vehicle-having a mixer; a distributer, bunkers for the sand, gravel and cement or other -materials to be mixed, and suitable conveying means for transferring the-same 'fI'UHyQaIS' or-wagons to'the bunkers *of the vehicle having the anixingmeans, all of said parts being suitablyconnected and coordinated s0 that I the apparatus can'- have all of its parts simultaneously operated and continuously supply itselfwith raw materials while movlng or stationary.

While the drawings --illustrate the. principleof my invention and show one ofthe ways itcan be ap lied; it-canalso be applied in various ot er ways. I I" do not wish to be restricted to the single application show-n, but to claim broadly all substantially 'equivalentways andmeans 'for doing the same; work. A

"In the-drawings Eigs. band 2 indicate the vehicles, the form shown being onlyone of several ordinarily used to bring materials for. mixing to the scene of the work and capable of being used in connection with the rest of my apparatus.

The invention is particularly designed to be applicable to any form of car or wagon in common use for hauling sand or gravel which is adapted to discharge its contents by gravity and has means for directing and regulating its discharge, each type being positioned so that its point of discharge will be substantially over the conveyer.

The type of cars shown have their bottoms inclined from an approximately central point to the sides of the vehicles which are provided with spouts 4 adapted to discharge onto the troughed conveyers 5, said conveyers passing over rollers 6 journaled in frames 7. The frames 7 are firmly connected to Vehicle 1 by brackets 8 so as to be moved therewith, "as hereinafter more fully explained, and are provided with supporting legs 9 to which rollers or wheels 10 are secured.

As shown in Fig. 13 a number of conveyer frames are placed end to end with their conveyers 5 in overlapping relation, said frames being rigidly connected end to end in any desired manner, so that a number of vehicles containing materials to be mixed can be arranged on a track and the conveyers extended accordingly.

The cars or wagons 2 are arranged so that their outlets will be substantially over the conveyers 5 (see Fig. 2) and the materials they contain will fall by gravity onto said conveyers, which then convey the cement, sand and gravel or'other ingredients from the hoppers 3 to elevator boots 11 secured to the side of vehicle I. Said materials are then lifted by conveyers 12, which acts as elevators, to bunkers 13 and 15, as more fully hereinafter explained, and it is discharged from these bunkers in measured quantities by rotary measurers 14 and 17, which are of a well known type, the same being formed with pockets.

All the bunker-s13 and 15 are designed for the storage in reserve of large quantities of the different materials to be mixed, the gravel, for instance, in bunker 15 being "onveyed by spiral conveyer to measurer 17, which discharges it through chute 18 into the mixer.

The spouts at are provided with sliding gates, as l and consequently by keeping the proper gates closed and the other open material in vehicles 2 will be discharged onto one or other ofconveyers 5. Thus, for example, we will assume that-the vehicle ar ranged next to vehicle 1 contains sand and its spouts at one of its sides are open to discharge onto the adjacent conveyer. The

suitable peripheraldischarge onto the other conveyer 5 open,

and thus one of the conveyers 5 will be conveying sand and the other gravel. When,

however, it is desired to convey cement, those spouts of the first two mentioned vehicles 2 discharging onto one or the other of conveyers 5 are closed, and the conveyer 5 which will then be running idly can be employed to convey cement from another car which, for example, ,may be the third vehicle from vehicle 1.

WVhen all the material in a vehicle which will fall by gravity through those spouts at one side has been discharged, the other spouts, or those arranged at the opposite side of the vehicle, are opened and the remaining material in the vehicle will then be conveyed on the other conveyer 5. Or both conveyers, or even one, can alternately convey the different materials singly from the car 2 to the vehicle 1, inasmuch as the speed and capacity of the conveyers are designed to greatly exceed the consuming capacity of the mixer and each bunker is designed to hold enough material to supply the mixer until its turn comes to again receive a fresh supply, when the conveyor quickly fills it and then is employed with another material, and so on. Of course means has to be provided to insure the dc livery of the several materials to their proper'bunkers in vehicle 1 when said materials are conveyed by either conveyer 5, and this mechanism I will describe in the following: It will be observed that the sand and cement are also discharged into chute l8, and by reason of staggered plates 19 the sand, gravel and cement will be partly intermingled during their descent to trough 20, in which the materials receive their final treatment, the same being thoroughly commingled by agitators 21 mounted on shafts 22. These agitators are curved slightly and have their faces beveled to their planes of revolution. They will therefore serve as shovels to crowd the material toward the lower ends of the several compartments into which trough 20 is divided by partitions 23, and then lift the. material over said partitions. Trough 20 is inclined so as to aid the agitators in crowding the material to ward the discharge end thereof, at which point said material is delivered onto a conveyer 2 L which serves as a distributer and is adapted to be swung from side to side to carry and deliver said material to any desired point.

Conveyer 24 is elevated by block and tackle indicated by numeral 25, the shaft 26 of the inner roller over which said conveyer passes being journaled in a bracket or standard 27 rigidly secured to a turn table 28. Shaft 26 is rovided with a beveled car 29 which mes es with a similar gear 30, xed to shaft 31. Shaft 31 projects throughthe turn table and through a suitable underlying bearing plate and while serving as the pivot of said turn table is also capable of rotation independently thereof, whereby conveyer 24 is driven, the same being driven by gearing 82 and 33 from shaft 34.

. Other types of cars and wagons than those shown, and especially llldlVldllal smaller ones, would generally remain e'ntirel independent of vehicle 1, as they won d come into position with their outlets over the conveyer, quickly discharge their contents onto it and depart, to be succeeded by others. But with a train of cars arranged as shown on the same track with the mixer vehicle the progressive travel of the latter would cause it to push back the vehicles 2, and, while for this purpose it is not necessary that they be coupled together, st1ll if desired they can be coupled in any well known way, that illustrated being merelyan arbitrarily selected form. The motive power for moving the vehicles and operating the mechanisms consists of a motor 35,

on the shaft of which are arranged gears 36 and 37, the latter having a chain 39 passing thereover and over a sprocket Wheel 40 fixed to axle 41. Clutches 38 connect these gears 36 and 37 to the shaft of the motor and, as is obvious, either of said gears can 'therefore be readily released or made fast relatively to the shaft. By this construction the motor can serve as the propelling means for pro gressively moving the said vehicles 1 and 2 and also to drive the several mechanisms,

the movement of the vehicles and the operation of the mechanisms being constantly related and connected. A chain passesover gear 36 and a similar gear 42 fixed to a cross shaft 43 which is journaled in standards 43'.

Shaft 43 is also provided with a beveled gear 43 which meshes with gear 44 fixed to a longitudinal shaft 45. From the shaft 45 power is transmitted through the medium of chains 46, 47 and 48 to screw conveyers 16,

one of the elevators l2, and one of the ro-.

tary measurcrs 14 (see Fig. 5), and said shaft is also provided with a bevelgear 49 which meshes with a similar gear 50 fixed to cross shaft 51, journaled in the standards 51.

From the shaft 51 the agitators 21 are driven through gearing 52, and a bevel gear 53 meshing with a similar gear 54 imparts movement to shaft 55 which lies parallel to shaft 45. Power is also transmitted from this shaft 51 through the intermedium of gearing 56 to shaft 84, whereby conveyer 24 is operated. Shaft 55, like shaft 45, drives a pair of chains 57 and 58 for operating the other measurer 14 and elevator 12.

Conveyers 5 are driven from shafts 55 order to direct t and 45 respectively, a pair of shafts being conveyer belts 5 pass. and i "sions as to hold a large supply of material;

The bunkers 13 and 15 are of such dimentherefore when the hoppers 3 are exhausted of their supply vehicles 2 can be removed and other vehicles filled with the desired materials substituted, and the transfer of fresh materials made without requiring any cessation'in the operation of the mixer mechanism or of the progressive movement of the whole apparatus along the work, the bunkers holding enough materials to supply the mixer while the substitution is being made. It will further be observed that elevators 12 and conveyers 5 can be employed to convey and elevate any two .materials simultaneously as heretofore intimated, and by having the speed of the conveying and elevating mechanism exceed that of the mixing mccha nism different materials can be alternately fed to conveyers 5, so that, although there are only two conveyers, and may be only one,

three or more different materials can be regularly supplied to the bunkers on vehicle 1.

In Figs. 1 and 4 inclusive I have shown an arrangement of cars with plain wheels, but my improvement is equally capable of use in connection with other arrangements and with cars havingflanged wheels and adapted. for either a street car or railroad tracks (see Figs. 5 and 6).

In operation, assuming that the engine is running as indicated bythe arrow (see Fig. 5), the several parts will be operated as indicated by the several arrows, shaft 45 receiving power from shaft 43 and operating conveyers 16 through chain 46, one of the elevators 12 through chain 47, and one of the rotary measurers 14 through the medium of chain 48. Cross shaft 51 receives power from said shaft 45, as heretofore explained, and operates shafts 22 which as indicated by arrows, rotate in opposite directions so as to cause a more thorough intermingling of the several materials; it also operates conveyer 24, chain belt 64 which drives the rotary measurer 17, and shaft 55. Shaft 55 operates the other elevator 12 and rotary measurer 14. The gravel bunker 15 has sliding doors (38 in its bottom at a point above conveyer 15 (see Figs. 5 and 10) which can be opened more or less to regulate the discharge orto relieve vertical pressure on the worm. In

e materials elevated by which mesh with gear 60 fixed to v elevators 12 to the proper bunkers, said materials are first deposited into a receiving hopper 62 which is divided by a. partition 63 and swinging gate 64 into two compartments 62' and 62". From each compartment opposite discharge tubes 65 lead to one bunker 13 and to bunker 15, and branch tubes 66 extend from certain of tubes 65 to the opposite bunkers 13. All of these tubes are provided with suitable sliding gates as 65', and therefore the material contained in hopper 62 can be discharged into either of bunkers 13 or bunker 15 byproper manipulation of said gates. It will'further be observed that by swinging gate 64 to either of the positions indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 13 material deposited into either of compartments 62' and 62 can be transferred to the other compartment. p

In view of the foregoing it will be perceived that by my invention a compact apparatus is provided which will take the various raw materials from the original vehicles in which they are brought to the scene of the work, mix them in any desired proportions and deposit the mixture at any desired point or practically spread out, as in the case of being applied to street'paving, the Whole apparatus operating and moving continuously and progressively as the work advances over any desired area, and being transportable from one scene of work to another, the result being the almost completeelimination of hand labor in the supplying of materials to the machine as well as in mixing and depositing in place,

as Walls or pavements, of-such mixtures as concrete.

In the drawings I have shown an illus-' trative form of construction. It will be apparent, however, that the particular form of the parts of the apparatus shown can be readily altered and changes in the minor details of construction can be made without and a plurality of bunkers to holda reserve supply of said materialsconnected toisaid mechanism by a feeding apparatus, ;B'. nfd"a eonveyingmeans for supplying saidibu'iik ers with said materials cons1sting"of anf elevator having means for variously directing its discharge into. any of said bunkers and of a horizontal conveyer adapted and arranged to'travel longitudinally with and propelledbysaid vehicle and projecting longitudinally outward from the side an said conveying means great 7 feedin'gvcapaclty of said apparatus-connect- I -ing the'bunkers to the mechanism for opertraveling, troin' a su .cles success vely arr'a ranged djacent to the'line of travel of said nism for operating 'on materials, and a ating said vehicle and said conveylng means. j 4

2. The combination ,of a vehicle contain- 1ng mechanism for operating on materials, and a plurality of bunkers to hold a reserve supply of. said materials connected to said mechanism by a feeding apparatus, and a means for simultaneously moving and operconveying means for supplying said bunkers with said materials consisting of two elevators correspondingly arranged on oppo site sides of said vehicle, each elevator having a means of variously directing its discharge into any of said bunkers and two horizontal conveyers each connected with an elevator and extending parallel with one another and adapted and arranged to travel longitudinally with and propelled by said vehicle and projecting longitudinally out- I ward from the side and beyond the end of said vehicle to and beyond the sources'l'ot' U supply of said materials, said sources of supply being arranged adjacent and superior-to;

said conveyers, the inner ends of said conveyersbeing attached to said vehicle and the outer portions having independent-wheeled su port and being free and clear' from'all ot er parts of the apparatus and occupyingl a plane close to the ground withtheir re ceiv- 1 ing parts lower than the sourcesbf supply of saidmaterials, the supplying 'capdacity, of y excee ing the ehicl e contain ing mechanismfor operatin gon'fa plurality: i

of materials, anda plurality of bunkers to hold reserve supplies ofji'said materials. vconr nected to said mechani'snipb ;feeding'a'p'pa'. ratus, and a means' fo ers with saidmateria g napositlonalong the linejof progress"ofsaidfirstvehicle, consisting of a convel 13g ineans adjustably adapted to dischaf'ge into any of the bunkers beyond the end of said vehicle to and beyond the sources of supply of said materials ar with 'a horizontal receiving conveyer ada t- "ed and arranged to tragel longitudina ly said supply vehicles, said supply vehicles be-F ing and other partsof the apparatus, and occupying a plane close to the ground with its receiving ing mechanism for operating on a plurality ing arranged adjacent and superior to saidi conveyer, the inner end .of said conveyor be-' ing attached to said first vehicle and the outer portion havin support and being ree and clear from all parts lower than the discharge outlets of said supply vehicles.-

4. The combination of a vehicle containof materials, and a pluralit of bunkers to hold reserve supplies of sai materials connected to said mechanism by feeding apparatus, and a means for supplying saidbunkers with, said materials, while said vehicle is traveling, from a succession ofsupply vehicles successively arranged in a position along the line of progress of said first vehicle, consisting of a conveying means adjustably adapted to discharge into anyof the bunkem with a horizontal receiving conveyer adapted and arranged to travel longitudinally with and propelled by said first vehicle and projecting outward therefrom along; the side and beyond the end thereof to and; beyond said supply vehicles, said supply vehicles being arran edadjacent and superior; to said eonveyer, t e inner end of said conveyer being attached to saidfirst vehicle andi the outer portion having independent wheeled 'su port and being free and clear from all ot er parts of the apparatus, and occupying a plane close to the ground with its receiving-parts lower than the discharge outlets of said supply vehicles, and said succession of supply vehicles, gravitydischarrghavin means for restraining and regulating sai discharge and successively arranged in position along the line of progress of said =first vehicle, with their discharge outlet-s superior to said horizontal receiving conveyor.

5. The combination of a" vehicle containing a mechanism foroperat-ing-ona plurality ofmaterials and aplnrality of bunkers to hold reserve supplies of said materials connected tosaid mechanism by feeding apparatus, and a means for supplying said bunkers with said materials, whilesaid .Ve-- hicle isitraveling,.fr.om a plurality'of-supply vehicles arranged. along thelineoftravel of said first vehicle, consisting of two duplicate sets of conveying means corres ondingly arranged on opposite-sides of sai first vehicle, each; set having means for variously directlng its discharge into any of the bunkers, and each having .a horizontal receiving. conveyer adaptedandarrangexito travel longitudinally with and propelled by said first vehicle and 'progeeting'outward therefrom independent wheeled .alon the side and beyond the end thereof to and e ond said supply vehicles, said supply ve icles being arranged adjacent and superior to said conveyer, the inner end of said cgnveyer being attached to said first vehicle and the outer portion having independent wheeled support and being ,free and clear from all other parts of the apparatus and occupying a plane close to the ground with its receiving parts lower than the dischargeoutlets ofsaid supply vehicle's.

6..'The combination of a Vehicle containing a mechanism for operating on a plurality of materials and a plurality of bunkers to hold reserve supplies of said materials connected .to Said mechanism by feeding apparatus, and a means for supplying said bunkers with said materials, while said vehicle is traveling, from a plurality of supply vehicles arranged along the line of travel of said first vehicle, consisting of-two duplicate sets of conveying means correspondingly arranged on opposite sides of said first vehicle, each set having means for variously directing its discharge into any of the bunkers, and each having a horizontal receiving conveyor adapte and arranged to travel longitudinally with and propelled by said, first vehicle, and projecting outward therefrom along the, side and beyond the end thereof to and beyond said supply vehicles, said su ply vehicles being arranged adja cent an superior to said conveyer, the inner end of saidi-conveyer being attached to said first vehicle and the outer portion having independent wheeled support and being free and clear from all other parts of the apparatus and occupying a plane close to the ground with its receiving parts lower than the discharge outlets of said supply vehicles,

and said supply vehicles gravity discharglng and having meansfor directing and regulating their discharge and arranged in position along the=line of travel of said first vehicle with their discharge outlets superior to both of said'horizontal receivin'gconveyers.

7. The combination of a vehicle containing a mechanism for operating on and disposing of a plurality of -materials and a means forkeeping said mechanism continuously supplied with all of said materlals, while said vehicle is traveling, from a-succession of intermittently arriving detached supply vehicles, said means consisting of bunkersconnected to said mechanism by a feeding apparatusand of a conveying means extending from said bunkers and outward from said ,first vehicle .to said supply vehicle, but not attached to said supply vehicle, and being arranged and adapted to receive said materials by gravity from said supply vehicles andv to maintainwhiletravelinga substantially constant-receiving relationto said supply vehicle, and said conveying means being adapted and arranged to zontal receiving conveyer projecting --from permit said supply vehicle to depart from said discharging position, while said first vehicle and said conveying means are 'ltraveling, {and be succeeded by another supply vehicle in said discharging positionfi 8. The combination of a-vehicle containing a mechanismfor operating=on and disposin of a plurality of materials, and a plum 'tyof bunkers to hold reserve supplies pl vehicles to any of said bunkers while saldfirst vehicle is traveling, said conveying means bein adapted to discharge into any of said bun ers, and bein connectible and disconnectible, while trave ing, successively to each of a series of supply vehicles.

9. The combination of a vehicle containing a mechanism for operating on a plurality of materials, and a plurality of bunkers to hold reserve supplies of said materials connected to said mechanism by feeding apparatus, and a means for transferring material from a detached supply vehicle to any of said bunkers while said first vehicle is traveling, said meansconsi stin'j of an elevator having means for variongy directin its discharge into any of said bunkers, an of a horizontal receiving conveyer projecting from said first vehicle and along the side and beyond the end thereof to and beyond said sup 1y vehicle arranged along the line of trave of said first vehicle, said conveyer having independent wheeled support", ."but

being attached to and propelled longitudi nally by said first vehicle, and occupying a plane close to the ground with its-receiv1ng parts lower than the discharge outlets of said supply vehicle, and of said supply vehicle containing material arranged with its discharge outlets superior to said receiving conveyer and having means for restrainedly discharging-said material by gravity upon said receiving cox nz eyer and for regulating said discharge so as to feed said material to said conveyer. 10. The combination of a vehicle containing a mechanism for continuously operating on and disposin of a plurality of materials, and bunkers to %old reserve supplies of said materials connected to said mechanism 'by feeding apparatus, and a means for keeping all of said bunkers replenished from intermittently arriving supply vehicles whilesaid first vehicle is traveling, said replenishing means consisting of an elevator, a horizontal receiving conveyer and said supply vehiclescontaining loads of said materials, the elevator having means for direct-ing its discharge into any of saidbunkers, the horisaid first vehicle and along the side ahdbyond the end thereof to Y and beyond said supply vehicles, said conveyer having independent wheeled support, and being attached to and propelled longitudinally by said first vehicle and occupying a plane close to the ground with its receiving parts lower than the discharge outlets of said supply vehicles,

and said supplyvehicles being successively "arranged along the line of travel of said receiving conveyer with their discharge butlets superior thereto and having means for restrainedly discharging said material byv gravity upon said rcceivmg conveyer and for regulating said discharge so as to feed "said material to said conveyer.

llr The combination of a vehicle containing a concrete mixing and distributing mechanism and a plurality of bunkers to hold .reserve supplies of the ingredients of said mixture connected to said mechanism by feeding a paratus, and an elevator having means for directing its discharge into any of Said bunkers, and of a-horizontal receiving eonveyer lying close to the ground having independent wheeled support but attached to and propelled longitudinally by the said vehicle and projecting beyond the end of said vehicle along its side and being free and clear from all other parts of the apparatus so as to be approachable by vehicles on all sides and free from obstructions and open at the top to receive material falling upon it at any point along its length, whereby'it is enabled to receive material while traveling from an adjacent and superior source of sup ply, andof a vehicle containing material for said bunkers and having a gated discharge outlet at for near the bottom of; its load whereby it"c'an gradually feed said load to a; receiving conveyer and arranged adjacent to said. conveyer with its discharge outlet above the same.

12. Thec'ombination of a vehicle with a mechanism vfor-operating on and disposing of a plurality of materials, a storage means for accumulating a surplus of said materials connected to said mechanism by, a feeding apparatus, and a conveying means attached to said vehicle, and extending outward therefrom to a second vehicle containing said material, for transferring said material from said second vehicle to said storage means while said first vehicleis traveling.

13. The combination of a vehicle with a means for containing or holding a plurality of materials, said means being equipped with means for discharging said materials, and a conveying means, attached to said vehicle and extending outward therefrom to a second vehicle containing one of said materials, for transferring said material from said second vehicle to saidcontaining or holding means on said first'vehicle. Y Q

' 14.,The combination of a vehicle with a mechanism for operating on a plurality of *matfialsfd-storage means for holding a quantity of said materials connected to said mechanism by a feeding apparatus, and a conveying means, attached to said vehicle and extending out-ward therefrom to a second vehicle containing one of said materials,

for transferring said material to said storage .terial to said storage means.

16. In an apparatus for making and placing concrete, the combination of a vehicle ,provided with a mixer, bunkers on the vehicle adjacent to the mixer for holding a supply of material to be mixed, a second vehicle and conveying means associated with said vehicle for transferring materials to said bunkers from said second vehicle'while traveling.

17. In an apparatus for making and placing concrete, the combination of a vehicle provided with a mixer, bunkers on the ve hicle adjacent to the mixer for holding a supply of materials to be mixed, a second vehicle and a conveying means associated with said vehicles for transferring materials to, said bunkers from said second vehicle while traveling, said second vehicle being attachable to and detachable from said means.

18. In an apparatus for making concrete, or asphaltic or other mixtures of materials, the combination of a vehicle provided with apparatus for treating materials, and a means on said vehicle for holdin a supply of said materials to be treated an a conveying means, associated with said vehicle, for transferring materials to said holding means while said vehicle is traveling, said conveying means extending outward from said vehicle to a detached container of materials to be transfererd to said holding means, said conveying means being connectible to and disconnectible from said container While said vehicle is traveling.

19. In an apparatus for making concrete, or aspbaltic or other mixtures of materials, the combination of a vehicle provided with apparatus for treating materials, and a means on said vehicle for holding a supply of said materials to be treated and a conveying means, associated with said vehicle, for transferring materials to said holding means While said vehicle is traveling, said conveying means extending outward from said vehicle to a detached container of materials to be transferred .to said holding means, said conveying means being connectible to and disconnectible from said container while said vehicle is traveling, and of said de tached container, connectible to and disconnectible from said conveying means while said vehicle is traveling.

20.- In an apparatus for making concrete, or asphaltic or other mixtures of materials, the combination of a vehicle provided with a means for holding'a supply of materials to be treated, and a conveying means, associated with said vehicle, for'transferring materials tosaid holding means while said vehicle is traveling, sa d conveying means extending outward from said vehicle to a detached container of materials to be transferred to said holding means, said conveying means being connectible to and disconnectible from said container while said vehicle is traveling, and of said detached container, connectible to and disconnectible from said conveying means while said vehicle is traveling.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN F. GARRETTY. ,Witnesses:

GEO. R. TENNANT, NoRWooD W. BROCKETT. 

